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1. SixThinkingHats

2. Situation! John Q was a guythatwasrecentlyfiredfromhisjob, because he wastoolazy. He has no family, but he wantstochangehisway of living.

3. White Hat Withthishatpeopleusuallythink in ananaliticway. Thesearchforalltheinformationtheyalreadyhavetomakedesicionslater.

4. Withthissituation, John has no job, needtoearnmoney and avoidhislazyness, so he analyzeswhy he wasfired, what can he do aboutit and how.

5. Black Hat Thishatthinks of solutionsthatavoidsomethingyoudon´twantto do thatcoulddamageyourselforotherpeople.

6. Withthiskind of thinking, John Q has thesesolutions: -If he gets a job, he mightdamagehisco-workers and theenterprisebecausehe`stoolazy. He mightnotgetenoughmoneyorhe`sjusttoolazytoworkagain.

7. YellowHat Thisisthehatpeople uses toseethebrightside of thesituation and startbeingoptimist.

8. John Q this time wouldbethinkingthat a jobwillbringhim a lot of benefits.

9. Green Hat Thishat stands forcreativity.

10. In this case, John Q wouldthink of verydifferentsolutions. Forexample, he wouldthink of lookingfor a jobthat he has never done, or at somethingthathe`sgood at. Mostlikely, he wouldthink of solutionsthat he didn´tthinkonbefore.

11. Red Hat

13. Blue Hat Stands forprocess control.

14. John Q wouldortherthe ideas he alreadythough and then look forthebetterone. In this case itwouldbechanginghislazynessforresponsability and look for a job in whichhe`sgood at.

15. Butwhere are the 6 thinkinghatsfrom?

16. Dr. Edward De Bono

18. Suggested use of the Thinking Hats It better separates fact from opinion. It more easily identifies important parts of the decision making process. It provides a neutral language for meta-discussion. You can say, "Take off your black hat for a moment and look at the upside." The idea is not that black hat is wrong, but that it is not the appropriate hat here. All the hats are equally valuable.

19. It prevents arguments by keeping everybody under the same hat at the same time, and putting down contradictory ideas in parallel. It provides a discipline to ensure that the issue under consideration is seen from many sides (e.g., from the points of view of all six hats).

20. So, in summarythey`reused To encourage people to use more hat's than they normally do to. To defer inappropriate modes of thought to a more appropriate moment in the discussion and not to eliminate them.

21. Six Thinking Hats Applications Facilitation of meetings (both live & virtual) Leadership development Innovative Thinking Problem solving and decision making Project management Preparation for discussions New products and new designs Marketing Strategic Planning Six Sigma and process improvement Customer focus groups/interviews

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